ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.

It is with our entire past ... that we desire, will and act ... from this survival of the past it follows that consciousness cannot go through the same state twice. The circumstances may still be the same, but they will act no longer on the same person ... that is why our duration is irreversible.

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.

It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out.

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.